Students Learn about Plankton and Protected Oceans with the Sanctuary Exploration Center
On a special field trip in addition to cleanups this year, alternative education students visited the Sanctuary Exploration Center to sample plankton off of the ...
El Nido Students End the Year with a Bang: Speaking at City Council!
El Nido High School is a small alternative high school located on the Cabrillo College Watsonville campus directly across from the City’s plaza. Students and ...
Join the 2023 Student School Board Academy
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education is pleased to announce the return of the School Board Academy for Students this summer! This 4-week program ...
Santa Cruz COE at the 2023 CA Homeless Education Conference
Erika Cortes, our Homeless Project Coordinator, was able to attend the 2023 CA Homeless Education Conference earlier this month. She described it as a refreshing, ...
Student Summit Highlights Environmental Advocacy
By Avonlea Harwood Monday, April 22, was a day filled with community collaboration, moving student stories, and abundant opportunities for change. Youth for Environmental Action’s ...
Bringing Youth Mental Health First Aid to Santa Cruz County
As part of the Community Resiliency Initiative, Santa Cruz COE is training Santa Cruz County school staff in Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA). This ...
SLV Students Participate In The Real DUI Court
On April 13th, the COE coordinated the Real DUI Court in Schools Assembly at San Lorenzo Valley High School for 300 juniors and seniors. The ...
Overdose Prevention: Event Aims to Get Naloxone to Teens, Parents
Youth are increasingly impacted by the national opioid epidemic, yet often lack access to the tool they need to prevent overdoses and save lives. To ...
Healing Power of Horses
There is a new non-profit in town, cofounded by Foster Youth Services Coordinator Kim Corneille, that connect system-involved youth (students in foster care and/or Juvenile ...
Progress in Foster Youth Graduation Rates
FosterEd’s mission is to increase the educational outcomes for students in foster care, and one of the major focus areas over the last few years ...
Tobacco-free Resource Guide
Welcome to 2023, we hope you had a wonderful and restful end of 2022 and that you are safe and well after the stormy start ...
Meet Our new Santa Cruz County TUPE Coordinator!
Congratulations to Denise Pitman-Rosas as our new Santa Cruz County TUPE Coordinator! A New Year brings some new transitions! For the last several years, we ...